Analysis by Tessa Lena
- January 22, 2022

STORY AT-A-GLANCE
- Technocracy is rule by algorithm, or a bureaucracy run by technologists
- It is based on the Taylorist principle of “scientific management”
- Technocrats proclaim that convergence of people with AI is both inevitable and good for us
- In the past, there have been attempts to establish a formal religious belief based on AI worship
- The advanced technology that powers technocracy is new but the mindset behind it is centuries old, and in order to fight technocracy it’s important we look at both the past and the present